9 Beginner Guitar Songs You Should Learn, And Why
Most beginners on guitar pick their first song by sorting through their music collection. Although the sheer enormity of options out there would seem encouraging, it’s actually terrifying to make that choice if you don’t have the experience, or a good friend to help. The problem to picking these songs is simple: we often don’t […]
If You Want To Know How Slash Plays Guitar Solos, Then Read This Guitar Lesson
If I gave you a lead guitar lesson filled with nothing but shredding pentatonic scales, would you sound like Slash? Absolutely not. What if you had one of those guitars in the picture above? Nah. Well, what is it that’ll make ya sound like him?!?! When you’ve been handed a scale to play, it’s as […]
7 Reasons Why Guitarists Hate Music Theory
Every music theory book I picked up at Guitar Center the other day made me shake my head in disappointment. It was a barrage of scales and chords, scales and chords, and more, AND MORE! All the names like “Creative Guitarist,” “Fretboard Logic,” or “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Theory” suggested they had […]
How To Play Metallica On Guitar: A Lesson On Their Iconic Guitar Style
Metallica is the very first band I ever loved and whose music I felt a deep connection to, and they are probably why I wanted to play guitar. Naturally it makes sense to make a guitar lesson to help other people like you who love their music just as much I did. I can’t remember […]
How To REALLY Play Guitar: Why Some Become Great, Or Not So Great
Playing guitar is VERY easy. Don’t believe me? Okay, then I’ll tell you exactly what to do: Take your right hand thumb, and just strum the strings. Don’t fret the notes or do anything at all……. Did you do it? Great! You just played the guitar!!! Alright not really, sorry about that. But this is […]